Prescription for Survival : A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness

Physician Bernard Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. It is a story that sheds new light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, the critical importance of citizen involvement in social change efforts, and what Lown terms the epidemic of militarism.

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Physician Bernard Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. It is a story that sheds new light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, the critical importance of citizen involvement in social change efforts, and what Lown terms the epidemic of militarism.

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Foreword

Prologue: Back to the Future

1: The Final Epidemic

2: Early Russian Connections

3: The Sudden Cardiac Death Task Force: US-Soviet Collaboration

4: The Friendship Strategy: Building Trust to Sustain Life

5: “For Your Six-Month-Old Grandson”

6: “You Can’t Trust the Russians”: A Fragile Alliance in Geneva

7: “Doctors of the World, Unite!”

8: “More Sweat, Less Blood”

9: Cambridge, England: The Military Brass Came Marching in

10: We Dominate Soviet TV for One Hour

11: The Catholic Church Defends My Left Flank

12: “Pay Attention to Gorbachev!” “But Who is He?”

13: A Nuclear Game of Chicken: Reagan Leads the Cold War

14: Message for Tomorrow: The Third Congress, Amsterdam

15: Brinkmanship: KAL Flight 007 Shot Down

16: Andropov’s Message in a Time of Crisis

17: The Year Without a Summer: Nuclear Winter

18: “No Arsonist Will be Invited!”

19: Endless Daylight in Helsinki

20: Mothers Fight Back

21: “No Peace Without Justice”

22: Gorbachev Challenges the Nuclear Status Quo

23: The Medical Prescription: No Trust Required

24: The Nobel Prize: My Mother Expected It

25: A Space Traveler’s Puzzle

26: Cooperation, Not Confrontation: A Long Conversation with Gorbachev